Take time to learn the ropes before you jump into it....if your county has public records online where you can access certain types of records, and if you can check those against your property appraiser website, then it makes things a lot easier.

I'll also look for any trust deeds in the public records [also online in my market] to determine whether the owner owes (or likely still owes) money to a lender.

Any property sold publicly (on the MLS) will almost certainly sell for near market value (in fact, by definition, it will be fair market value at whatever price it sells for), and in a private deal, getting 30-50% off market value is a quite a great deal -- in theory, you can turn around and resell it as-is for 30-50% more than you paid!

I'm not familiar with Connecticut law, but I Googled it and found the following links/information (sounds to me like the Marshals have to serve the notice):http://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/hm014.pdfhttp://www.ehow.com/info_7737484_eviction-process-connecticut.html

However, the loan named in that doc has nothing to do with the borrowers per public records, so it appears to be a mistake.

Some developers / builders are private, some are public.

It's spelled out with the BOR and in state law.The reason for disclosure or the spirit of the law is to provide the public of your expertise in the area of real estate that another person may not have, you are seen as the expert and disclosure is giving notice of you having greater knowledge than an average person you may be dealing with.

If you are not an employee of the company that owns the RE or the owner and you are managing the leasing of properties to the public for owners, you're acting as an agent.

. - As far as the first part of your question, virtually all info available to title searchers and companies is public info.

The clear, straight forward answer is to look up the owner in public record.